Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies

We build a world where the impact of illicit finance on global security is recognised and understood by everyone, and the response is transformative.


CFCS: 2023 in Numbers


CFCS at RUSI Is Nominated for a 2023 Tackling Economic Crime Award!

The Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) specialises in the intersection between finance and global security. Our pioneering analysis and actionable ideas aim to challenge the status quo and build resilience in the global response to illicit finance. Our work covers a range of state- and non-state-based security threats, which we examine through a financial lens. Since CFCS’s inception in 2014, we have been driving change through our partnership-based approach and the development of viable solutions.

Our work has helped to unveil the scale and complexities of international illicit finance, as well as to identify realistic policy responses across both the public and private sectors. We focus on putting our evidence-based research into practice through capacity-building and collaborative workshops. CFCS experts are regularly called upon to advise governments and international bodies, including the UN Security Council, the Financial Action Task Force, the UK and European Parliaments, and US Congress. Through our public engagements and events, we aim to highlight to wider audiences the pivotal role of finance in global security issues.

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Programmes

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Finance and Security in Brief

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Finance and Security in Brief: How to Tackle Sanctions Circumvention?

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Finance and Security in Brief: How is Hamas Financed?

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Finance and Security in Brief: Why Does Communication Matter for Sanction...

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Finance and Security in Brief: How do Rogue Countries Cooperate?

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Podcasts


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Suspicious Transaction Report Podcasts
Financial Crime Insights Podcasts

Our team


Tom Keatinge

Director, CFCS

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Kinga Redlowska

Head of CFCS Europe

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Alanna Putze

Senior Corporate Partnership Manager

Business Development

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Robert Rogers

Finance, Bids and Grants Manager, CFCS

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Kathryn Westmore

Senior Research Fellow

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Alana Mazzoni

CFCS Social Media and Communications Manager

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Dr Maria Nizzero

Research Fellow

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Eliza Lockhart

Research Fellow

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Arzu Abbasova

Research Analyst

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Gonzalo Saiz

CFCS Research Analyst

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Oksana Ihnatenko

Researcher for project SMURF, CFCS

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Chandana Seshadri

Research Analyst, Counter Proliferation Financing

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Fatima Alsancak

CPF Technical Assistance Programme Research Fellow

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Wojciech Pawlus

Outreach and Implementation Manager

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Dr Daryna Dvornichenko

Deployment Manager, CFCS

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Fellows


Olivia Allison

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Vito Armonavicius

Associate Fellow - Expert in anti-money laundering and financial crime

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Dr Aaron Arnold

Senior Associate Fellow; Former member of the UN Panel of Experts for DPRK sanctions

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David Artingstall

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Karen Baxter

Senior Associate Fellow; Director, Financial Conduct Authority

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Dr Katie Benson

Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher

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Dr Anna Bradshaw

Associate Fellow; Partner, Business Crime Department, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP

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David Carlisle

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Isabella Chase

Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Senior Research Fellow, RUSI

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Emil Dall

Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Senior Research Fellow, RUSI

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Jessica Davis

Associate Fellow; President and Principal Consultant with Insight Threat Intelligence

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Gregory Dellas

Associate Fellow; Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBX

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Jan Dunin-Wasowicz

Associate Fellow; Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

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Ian Dyson QPM

Distinguished Fellow; Former Commissioner, City of London Police

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Edmund Fitton-Brown

Senior Associate Fellow

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James Gillespie

Associate Fellow; Former Policy Advisor, HM Treasury

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Ashlee Godwin

Associate Fellow

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Sir David Green CB KC

Distinguished Fellow; Partner, Cohen & Gresser; Former Director, UK Serious Fraud Office

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Justyna Gudzowska

Associate Fellow

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Kayla Izenman

Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Research Fellow, RUSI

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Anagha Joshi

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Xolisile Khanyile

Senior Associate Fellow

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Olivier Kraft

Associate Fellow; Technical Assistance Adviser with the International Monetary Fund

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Olivia Kearney

Associate Fellow

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Aidan Larkin

Associate Fellow; Founder & CEO, Asset Reality

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Professor Michael Levi

Senior Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher

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David Lewis

Senior Associate Fellow; Managing Director and Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Advisory Practice, Kroll

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Andrew Mackay

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Nick J. Maxwell

Associate Fellow; Director, NJM Research Ltd

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Anton Moiseienko

Associate Fellow; Lecturer in Law, Australian National University

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Robert Norfolk-Whittaker

Associate Fellow; UN Consultant

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Allison Owen

Associate Fellow - Expert in cryptocurrency and counter-proliferation finance

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Dr Marc Parker

Associate Fellow; Counter-terrorist financing expert

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Matthew Redhead

Senior Associate Fellow; Financial crime consultant and researcher

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Stephen Reimer

Associate Fellow

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Gemma Rogers

Associate Fellow; Co-Founder, FINTRAIL Ltd

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Denisse Rudich

Associate Fellow; Founder and Executive Director, Rudich Advisory

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Sergii Rybchenko

Associate Fellow

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Samantha Sheen

Associate Fellow; Financial Crime Adviser, Efficient Frontiers International

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Dr Jason Shepherd

Senior Associate Fellow; Director, Analysis and Innovation, Thomson Reuters Special Services International

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Josie Stewart

Associate Fellow; Director, Global Defence and Security Programme, Transparency International

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Dr Noémi També

Associate Fellow; Independent Financial Crime Consultant and Researcher

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Dr Jodi Vittori

Associate Fellow; Research and Policy Manager, Defence and Security Programme, Transparency International

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Helena Wood

Associate Fellow; Head of Public Policy at Cifas

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Malcolm Wright

Associate Fellow; Financial Crime Compliance Advisor

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Simon York CBE

Senior Associate Fellow; Former Chief Investigation Officer and Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC

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Ilze Znotiņa

Senior Associate Fellow

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